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Gertrude Stein : an afterlife / Francesca Wade.
"Drawing on never-before-seen interviews, a richly researched, sweeping examination of one of the most influential and mythologized literary figures of the 20th century and her partner's emergence from the shadows after her death, in the decades-long fight to ensure her legacy"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781982186012 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 471 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2025.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946. Toklas, Alice B. Authors, American > 20th century > Biography. Lesbian authors > United States > Biography. Women authors, American > 20th century > Biography. |
| Genre: | Biographies. |
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- 0 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | 818.5209 Stein-W | 31681010438695 | NONFIC | Checked out | 01/17/2026 |
- Baker & Taylor
This richly detailed portrait of Gertrude Stein explores her literary influence, complex persona and iconic Paris salon, while tracing Alice B. Toklasâs determined efforts to preserve her partnerâs legacy amid revelations that reshaped public understanding of them both. Illustrations. - Simon and Schuster
Drawing on never-before-seen interviews, a richly researched, sweeping examination of one of the most influential and mythologized literary figures of the 20th century and her partnerâs emergence from the shadows after her death, in the decades-long fight to ensure her legacy.
Gertrude Steinâs salon at 27 rue de Fleurus in the 6th arrondissement of Paris is the stuff of literary legend. Many have tried to capture the spirit and glamour of the place that once entertained and fostered the likes of Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Pablo Picasso, and Henri Matisse, but perhaps none as determinedly, and self-consciously, as Stein herself. In this new biography of the polarizing, trailblazing author, collector, salonnière, and tastemaker, Francesca Wade rescues Stein from the tangle of contradictions that has characterized her legacy, expertly presenting us with this towering literary figure as weâve never seen her before.
A genius to her admirers, a charlatan to her detractors, Stein achieved international celebrity in 1933 with her bestselling memoir, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, written in the voice of her devoted partnerâa triumph which, ironically, only drew attention away from the avant-garde poetry she called her ârealâ writing. After Steinâs death in 1946, Alice B. Toklas made it her mission to shepherd all of Steinâs unpublished writing into print, all the while negotiating her own fraught role in the complex mythology they had built together. The biographers who flocked to Steinâs newly opened archive found a surprising trove of secrets which would change Steinâs image forever: a forgotten novel, a cache of love letters, and a series of notebooks which shed entirely new light on her early years in Paris.
Pushing beyond the conventions of literary biography, Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife is a bold, innovative examination of the nature of legacy and memory itself, in which Wade uncovers the origins of Steinâs radical writing and reveals new depths to the storied relationship that made it possible. A captivating, brilliant work of biography, Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife is a groundbreaking examination of a true literary giant.
